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Anna Emma Gelis

Anna Emma Gelis

Female 1885 - 1965  (80 years)

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  • Name Anna Emma Gelis  [1, 2, 3
    Born 17 Feb 1885  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • 712 West 14th Street; second child of mother -- see image in Media Gallery
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1900  Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    145 Canalport Avenue; age 15; living with Grandmother Eva Langohr; sister Bertha Gelis is living with their Aunt Emma (Langohr) Wiegman 
    Residence 1910  Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    145 Canalport Avenue; age 15; living with Grandmother Eva Langohr 
    Residence 12 Sep 1918  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    2713 S. Karlov Avenue -- per husband's WWI Draft Registration 
    Residence 1920  Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died Jun 1965  Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I335  Zurück in der Zeit
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 

    Father Henry Gelis,   b. Abt 1855, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1911, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Maria Mary Langohr,   b. 1860, Lachen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1889, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 16 May 1880  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • by H. Klein, pastor of Evangelical Zions Church
    Family ID F36  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Daniel Struve,   b. 9 Jun 1880, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1942, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 9 Jun 1906  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by Paul Foerster, pastor of the German Zion Evangelical Church -- see image in Media Gallery
    Children 
     1. Living Struve  [natural]
     2. Charles Struve,   b. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1983, Burbank, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Louis Struve,   b. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1993, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. John Struve,   b. Abt 1908, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1979, Seebring, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [natural]
     5. Mineva Struve,   b. 6 Aug 1911, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1997, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     6. Frederick Struve,   b. 26 Feb 1915, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Feb 1885 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Jun 1906 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 2713 S. Karlov Avenue -- per husband's WWI Draft Registration - 12 Sep 1918 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Marriage of John Struve & Anna Gelis
    Marriage of John Struve & Anna Gelis
    by Paul Foerster, pastor German Evangelical Zion Church
    Return of Birth of Anna Gelis
    Return of Birth of Anna Gelis
    second child of mother

    Documents
    Louise Lang (born Langohr) - Copy of September 1942 Will with October 1942 Codicil
    Louise Lang (born Langohr) - Copy of September 1942 Will with October 1942 Codicil
    includes list of 15 relatives == thanks to Robert Kott

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_252; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 192.
      Birth date: Feb 1885
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=10346146&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_252; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 192.


    2. [S8] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago C;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_355; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 2190; Image: 158.
      Birth date: abt 1886
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=15676533&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1920 United States Federal Census
      1920 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_355; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 2190; Image: 158.


    3. [S2] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_255; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 662; Image: 786.
      Birth date: abt 1885
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=105217866&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1910 United States Federal Census
      1910 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_255; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 662; Image: 786.


    4. [S34] Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–pr;).